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Are we really doing this? I guess we're doing
this. What's up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant
here. Welcome to More Movement Please, the podcast
where I hope to inspire you to move your body
more. So I got a fun question today and... I
thought, you know what? What the hell? I'll answer
it. Because I've told you guys before and I'll
tell you again that my whole goal with this podcast
is to be completely transparent and honest about
all the things. So the funny question I got was,
what's in your gym bag? And I can only imagine
that this is because of the trends that have
been happening on TikTok and Instagram and all
that jazz. But I'm in a weird mood tonight. And
so I thought, you know what? What the hell? I'll
answer the question. So. The things I keep in
my gym bag. Some of them may surprise you. I'm
not really sure. Others of them, you might just
be like, yeah, well, that figures. But here we
go. So what's in my gym bag? Let me take a look.
Let's go through this together. In my gym bag,
I have I have a pair of gloves and those are
for whenever I'm lifting weights. And what's
funny about the gloves that I bought is I bought
them because during one of my. the first classes
where I was trying to go a little bit heavier
with the weights, I actually had them slip and
hit me. And so that was the day that I went straight
to the store and I bought some gloves so that
I wouldn't have to worry about them slipping
because, I mean, let's be honest, when you're
working out, you sweat a lot. And so I didn't
want to risk any injury. And so now I wear the
gloves while I am doing my workouts. Some other
things that I keep in my gym bag. I usually have
two drinks. I keep one water bottle that is filled
with water. And then the other water bottle I
fill with the organic strawberry Gatorade. Or
at least it is the case right now until I run
out. I still haven't been able to find it on
Amazon for sale. So I am looking for a new recovery
drink. So I guess if you guys have any ideas,
hit me up on social media. I'm Famous Ashley
Grant everywhere. And even if that's not the
handle, if you search Famous Ashley Grant, you'll
find me. I'm looking for... I'm looking for drink
ideas. What else is in my bag? Today, I actually
have granola bars in my bag. I've had a situation
recently where I was working out and I actually
got really dizzy. And whenever I was looking
into it. I kept finding things that were basically
saying you're either dehydrated or you haven't
had enough calories. And so I started keeping
either a granola bar or some kind of something
just to have a quick snack in case I start feeling
the disease. So that's been helpful for me. Do
I eat the healthiest of granola bars? Probably
not. But you know what? It's serving the purpose
of what I'm looking for. One of the things I
keep in my bag. Another thing I keep in my bag.
I always keep a knee brace. I injured my knee
whenever I was younger and getting overweight
really didn't help that. And if anything, it
exacerbated the issues that I was having. And
I started having issues with my other knee as
well because of said. you know, overweightness.
And so I always keep knee braces in my bag just
in case I need them, in case there's, you know,
any kind of move I do that makes my knees angry.
Because, you know, that just, that is a thing.
I want to make sure that I'm doing all of the
workouts as safely as I can. And so that's definitely
something that I always keep. Another thing in
my gym bag, I keep tissues. I always keep tissues
because you never know. You could just need a
tissue. Another thing I keep in there, I always
keep gum and I keep mints. And that's mainly
because I don't want to just be mainlining water
or drinks while I'm working out. Sometimes I
just need something to like, you know, keep a...
I know a lot of people don't like the word moist,
but that's just the case. I need something that's,
you know, in my mouth. So that's usually a go
-to for me whenever I don't want to be just drinking
a bunch, but I do want... I guess the wetness
in my mouth. Let's see what else is in here.
I have my wallet because it's got my ID. It's
got my, it's got my ID. It's got my little key
tag to sign in at the gym. Let's see what else
is in here. I have, well, some hand lotion because,
you know, you got to keep your hands soft, especially,
you know, doing all this weightlifting, getting
those calluses. What else? Oh, I keep my microphone
and the plug in for my phone so that I can record
these podcast episodes. That's actually something
that I always keep in my bag because as I'm going
to and from the gym, I get ideas and then I want
to share them. And so I always keep the equipment
because I record in my car. So that's definitely
something that is always in my gym bag. And I
also keep a pair of shoes specifically for Zumba.
Whenever I'm in most of my classes, I just wear
my standard tennis shoes, but I have special
shoes that have softer soles for Zumba. And the
reason that I use those during Zumba is because
it helps me to slide across the floor easier.
What was happening before is I was just using
my standard tennis shoes and I was actually getting
stuck on the floor when we were doing certain
moves. And so I went and got soft sole tennis
shoes so that I... could slide around. Another
thing I have in my gym bag might seem odd to
you I don't know as I have a hairbrush. I am
a girl and so I always keep a hairbrush just
in case I get the wispies or the you know crazy
hair. I've definitely had situations between
classes where I've had to redo my hair because
we'll do certain moves and I've had the bar or
a dumbbell just completely you know mess up the
ponytail. I generally will have a ponytail because
I have longer hair and I don't like getting extra
sweaty when I don't need to. Let's see. Another
thing that is in my gym bag is hair ties, because
I've had a couple of friends, a couple of my
gym buddies, they've needed hair ties before.
And so I've kept hair ties in my bag because
you never know when someone's going to need one.
I've actually had a couple of people say, hey,
does anyone have a hair tie? And so I'll just
give them, you know, hair ties. You can get like
20 of them for. $1 .50. So like, I'll just keep
them in my bag just in case or in case I forget
to put my hair up. I have them for the day. So
yeah, that's pretty much everything. Oh, and
my keys. I always keep my keys because, you know,
I gotta have the keys to be able to get to and
from the gym. But yeah, that's what's in my gym
bag. I thought that was a fun little question
to come in and answer. I don't know if this was
amusing to you, if you guys... really cared that
much about what's in my gym bag but if you did
care now you know and if you have any other questions
that you want to share that you want to have
me answer I would love to answer them I'm always
down to to kind of share with you guys what I'm
going through what I'm doing what I'm up to so
if you um If you want to ask me more questions,
like I said, I'm everywhere on social media at
Famous Ashley Grant. And if that's not the handle,
if you just search Famous Ashley Grant, you can
find me. For example, on X, I'm Ashley is Famous.
But yeah, on Facebook and Instagram, I'm Famous
Ashley Grant. So if you search for me, you can
find me, hit me up, send me a DM, and I'll answer
your questions. Also, I am now seeking voice
notes because I would love to just keep sharing.
other voices on this podcast so if you too are
going through a fitness journey of your own and
you want to share with people what you're up
to and how it's going or you know if you want
some extra accountability or if you have a question
or whatever go to famousashleygrant .com backslash
fitness You'll find a link there for how you
can leave me a voice note that could appear on
this podcast. And I would absolutely love to
hear from y 'all. And if you are a fitness trainer,
a fitness instructor, personal trainer, registered
dietitian, nutritionist, whatever, I'd love to
hear from you too, because I think it'd be so
fun to start sharing the tips and tricks and
ideas of. how you're helping your clients to
lose weight and get in shape. I just, I really
want this podcast to be more of a movement. I
want it to be more than just my voice. I mean,
yes, whenever I started it, it was all about,
you know, the diary of, of what I'm going through,
but I want it to be so much more than that. And
so I would just love to hear from y 'all famousashtagrant
.com backslash fitness, fill out the form, send
me a voice note, and it could appear on a new,
on an, on an upcoming episode. That's all I got
for you today. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode
until next time. Onwards and upwards, my friends.
Have you worked out today?